Ships hit by U-boats


Livingston

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NameLivingston
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage2,140 tons
Completed1928 - Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
OwnerBowater´s Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd, Corner Brook 
HomeportSt. Johns 
Date of attack3 Sep 1944Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-541 (Kurt Petersen)
Position46.15N, 58.05W - Grid BB 5957
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Complement28 (14 dead and 14 survivors).
Convoy
RouteBoston - Halifax - St. Johns 
Cargo2867 tons of general cargo 
History Completed in May 1928 
Notes on loss

At 08.45 hours on 3 Sep, 1944, the unescorted Livingston (Master Reuben Thomas Robinson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-541 northeast of Louisburg, Nova Scotia. 13 crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 12 crew members and one gunner were picked up by HMCS Barrie (K 138) (T/Lt W.D. Stokvis, RCNVR) and landed at St. Johns.

 


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